5th century in England
Events from the 5th century in England. Note that many of these dates may only be approximate.
Events
401- * Stilicho withdraws troops from Britain, and abandons forts on the Yorkshire coast.402
- * Last issue of Roman coinage in Britain.405
- * Niall of the Nine Hostages leads Irish raids along the south coast.407
- * Army in Britain proclaims [Constantine III (Western Roman Empire|Roman Emperor)|Constantine III] as Emperor.409
- * Army rebels against Constantine.
- * Saxons raid Britain.410
- * Emperor Honorius recalls the last legions from Britain.429
- * The Pope sends Saint Germanus to Britain, who defeats the Pelagians in public debate.
- c.430
- * Vortigern, supposed king of the Britons, allows Anglo-Saxon mercenaries to settle on the Isle of Thanet.
- * Fastidius completes his work On the Christian Life.433
- * The Britons call the Angles to come and help them as mercenaries against the Picts.446
- * The "Groans of the Britons": Britons appeal for the Roman army to come back to Britain.447
- * Saint Germanus returns to Britain and exiles Pelagian heretics.449
- * Vortigern, supposed king of the Britons, invites Hengist and Horsa, by tradition chieftains of the Jutes, to form a military alliance against the Picts and Scoti; by tradition, they land at Ebbsfleet, Thanet, so contributing to the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain.
- c.450
- *Hengist founds the Kingdom of Kent.455
- * Battle of Aylesford: Hengist and Horsa defeat Vortigern, although Horsa dies in the battle.457
- * Battle of Crayford: Hengist and Oisc of Kent defeat the Britons, driving them from Kent.466
- * Battle of Wippedesfleot: Celtic Britons perhaps defeat the Anglo-Saxons under Hengist and Oisc in battle in Kent and confine them to the Isle of Thanet, but a dozen Welsh leaders are killed.473
- * Hengist and Oisc again fight against the Britons.477
- * Ælle lands at Selsey, and founds the Kingdom of Sussex.485
- * Ælle fights against the Britons near the margin of Mearcræd's stream.491
- * Ælle and his son Cissa besiege Anderitum, the Saxon Shore fort at Pevensey, and kill all the Britons there.495
- * Cerdic, later the first King of Wessex, lands at Southampton.
- c.500
- *Battle of Mons Badonicus: Britons defeat advancing Saxons, and retain control of the north and west.